Wolf1994
As Maude Waggins
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Prunella Scales
Born
Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; 22 June 1932) was an English former actor, best known for playing Sybil Fawlty, wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers; for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett (for which she was nominated for a BAFTA award); and for the documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021), in which she travels on canal barges and narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West.
Filmography (64)
Howards End1992
As Aunt Juley
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Boys from Brazil1978
As Mrs. Harrington
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Emma1996
As Miss Bates
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Second Best1994
As Margery
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Room at the Top1958
As Council Office Worker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Freddie As F.R.O.7.1992
As Queen (voice)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Horrid Henry: The Movie2011
As Great Aunt Greta
TMDb 5.2 / 10
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy2014
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Run For Your Wife2012
As Woman in Pub
TMDb 4.4 / 10
An Awfully Big Adventure1995
As Rose
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Wicked Lady1983
As Lady Kingsclere
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Hobson's Choice1954
As Vicky Hobson
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Sub Rosa2014
As Madame
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Fair Game1994
As Marjorie
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Home Cooking1986
As Judith
The Merry Wives of Windsor1982
As Mistress Page
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Chorus of Disapproval1989
As Hannah Ap Llewellyn
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Consuming Passions1988
As Ethel
TMDb 8.3 / 10
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy2005
As Sybil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne1987
As Moira O'Neill
TMDb 6.6 / 10
When We Are Married1987
As Annie Parker
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Stiff Upper Lips1998
As Aunt Agnes
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Hound of the Baskervilles1978
As Glynis
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Natural Causes1988
As Celia Bryce
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Breaking the Code1996
As Sara Turing
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson1990
As Fleecy Flock
Mad Cows1999
As Dr. Minny Stinkler
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened2009
As Self / Sybil Fawlty
TMDb 8.4 / 10
The Shell Seekers2007
As Dolly Keeling
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Waltz of the Toreadors1962
As Estella Fitzjohn
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Dirty Beasts1990
As Narrator
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Station Jim2001
As Queen Victoria
TMDb 7.5 / 10
What the Pythons Did Next...2007
As Self
An Ideal Husband1999
As Lady Markby
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Littlest Horse Thieves1976
As Mrs. Sandman
TMDb 6.9 / 10
A Question of Attribution1991
As H.M.Q.
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Phone Call2013
As Joan
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Achurch Letters1977
As Florence Farr
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers2025
Bosses From Hell1989
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing2006
As Lady Moping
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher1994
As Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (voice)
Fawlty Towers Revisited2005
As Herself
TMDb 7.5 / 10
What the Butler Saw1987
As Mrs Prentice
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Communicators From Hell1989
My Friend Walter1992
As Aunt Ellie
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Think
Think2007
As Customer
Revolting Rhymes1990
As Narrator
TMDb 8.0 / 10
What Every Woman Wants1954
As Mary
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Ring of Truth
The Ring of Truth1973
As Babs Pickard
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg2002
As Grace
Beyond The Pale1989
As Milly
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Laxdale Hall
Laxdale Hall1953
As Morag McLeod
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Apple Cart
The Apple Cart1975
As Queen Jemima
The Ghost of Greville Lodge2000
As Sarah
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lord of Misrule
Lord of Misrule1996
As Shirley
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Crowded Day1954
As Customer
TMDb 5.8 / 10
An Audience with Alf Garnett1997
Outside Edge1982
As Miriam
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Slimming Down1984
As Mrs. Shrigley
Singles
Singles1983
As Gail
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Doris and Doreen1978
As Doris Rutter
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Absurd Person Singular1985
As Marion Brewster-Wright
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb